Obama Speech on Iraq War Also Turns to Economic Issues, Draws GOP Fire

Sep 2nd

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Obama portrayed the end of the U.S. combat role in the Iraq as an opportunity to shift more focus to rebuilding the economy, which some economists say is increasingly in danger of falling back into a recession.

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Biden: Time to give more attention to jobs problem (AP)

Sep 1st

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AP – Vice President Joe Biden says he’s confident the various factions in Iraq will form a workable coalition and bring stability to the country now that the U.S. combat role there has ended.

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Obama: US combat in Iraq over, ‘time to turn page’ (AP)

Sep 1st

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AP – Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: “It’s time to turn the page.” Now, he said, the nation’s most urgent priority is fixing its own sickly economy.

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Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq (Reuters)

Sep 1st

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Reuters – President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised recession-weary Americans “my central responsibility” now is to repair the U.S. economy.

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Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq

Sep 1st

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WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised recession-weary Americans “my central responsibility” now is to repair the U.S. economy.

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(Democrat) Begich thanks (RINO) Murkowski for service to Alaska

Sep 1st

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Democratic colleague from Alaska, Mark Begich, released a statement around midnight Wednesday praising the ousted Republican for her service to the state hours after she conceded defeat to primary challenger Joe Miller. Begich — the former mayor of Anchorage who defeated Ted Stevens in 2008 — called More >

Alaska Sen Murkowski upset by Tea Party-backed rival

Sep 1st

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Senator Lisa Murkowski dropped out of the Republican Senate primary in Alaska on Tuesday, conceding to a Tea Party-backed insurgent in a stunning upset fueled by conservative supporters.

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Now it's every Iraqi for himself

Sep 1st

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As US troops pull out and pro-government militias collapse, many locals are facing a choice between their families' safety and their country's future, says Richard Spencer in Baghdad. It is not difficult to find people in Iraq who are certain that they are about to be killed. But in the More >

Departing Romer urges more steps to help economy

Sep 1st

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Departing White House economist Christina Romer on Wednesday called for further steps to stimulate the U.S. economy, saying that high budget deficits should not be an excuse for allowing the unemployed to suffer.

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Which cost more: War in Iraq or Obama's (FAILED) stimulus bill?

Sep 1st

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As combat missions in Iraq come to a close Tuesday, numbers from the Congressional Budget Offfice show the total cost of the eight-year war was less than President Barack Obama's stimulus bill. The total cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom was $709 billion for military and related activities, according to CBO More >

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